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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Jean-Marc Mojon

A gavel monument symbolizing justice is seen in front of the damaged grain silos at Beirut port on August 4, 2021, as Lebanon marks a year since a cataclysmic explosion ravaged the capital Beirut. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
August 4, 2021, 4:49 pm
Lebanon seethes with grief and rage as it marks one year since Beirut blast
‘The security officials, the government, the customs, of course they all knew’ of the hazards, says a worker at the port’s grain silos who lost seven colleagues in the explosion
By Jean-Marc Mojon
Political graffiti is visible in front of the scene of the August 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2020. (AP/Hussein Malla)
August 1, 2021, 6:52 am
A year after the mushroom cloud, Lebanon still bleeds
Not one culprit has been identified in Beirut port blast, no explanation has been given, reforms have stalled, a new government has yet to materialize and the economy’s in freefall
By Jean-Marc Mojon
In this January 14, 2020 file photo, anti-government protesters smash a bank widow during protests against the Lebanese central bank's governor and against the deepening financial crisis, at Hamra trade street, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla)
June 1, 2021, 3:19 pm
World Bank says Lebanon’s financial crisis among world’s worst since 1850s
Report predicts country’s economy will shrink by 10% in the coming year after the currency recently lost 85% of its value; says there is ‘no clear turning point on the horizon’
By Jean-Marc Mojon
Rescue workers and soldiers stand around a massive crater after a bomb attack that tore through the motorcade of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 14, 2005. (AP Photo)
August 18, 2020, 9:58 am
UN-backed tribunal to deliver verdict in 2005 murder of former Lebanese premier
Hezbollah refusing to hand over 4 defendants, tried in absentia, for bombing that killed Rafik Hariri, 21 others; ‘circumstantial’ evidence largely based on mobile phone records
By Sara MAGNIETTE and Jean-Marc Mojon
A partial view of the devastated Beirut port is pictured from the nearby neighbourhood of Mar Mikaehl on August 6, 2020, two days after a massive blast there shook the Lebanese capital. (Patrick BAZ / AFP)
August 8, 2020, 9:10 am
Lebanon president rejects global probe into port blast
Beirut explosion kills at least 154 people, devastates swathes of the capital; 300,000 made homeless
By Hashem Osseiran and Jean-Marc Mojon
A man holds the Lebanese flag, as he looks at the scene of Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 7, 2020, 7:26 pm
Lebanon president rejects global probe into port blast as search efforts go on
Michael Aoun admits country’s ‘paralyzed’ system needs to be ‘reconsidered,’ promises ‘swift justice’; 100,000 children among the 300,000 made homeless in capital
By Hashem Osseiran and Jean-Marc Mojon
In this file photo taken on April 27, 2020 Lebanese Yoga instructor Rabih el-Medawar, 29, practices Acroyoga with his Ukranian wife, fellow Yoga instructor and professional choreographer, Alona Aleksandrova, 24, on the roof of their apartment building in Beirut's Ain El-Remmaneh district on April 27, 2020 during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
May 10, 2020, 4:31 pm
Lebanon rooftops bustle as virus shifts life upstairs
Many locked down residents find spots to practice or breathe fresh air without leaving their building, and with stunning views
By Jean-Marc Mojon and Joseph Eid
Anti-government protesters form a human chain as a symbol of unity, during ongoing protests against the Lebanese government, on the Mediterranean waterfront promenade, in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 27, 2019 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
October 27, 2019, 1:47 pm
Lebanon protesters to form nationwide human chain to symbolize newfound unity
Demonstrators plan to join hands from Tripoli to Tyre, in a 170-kilometer chain running through Beirut, as part of an unprecedented cross-sectarian mobilization
By Jean-Marc Mojon and Anwar Amro
Iran army chief of staff Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, left, looks into binoculars as he visits and other senior officers from the Iranian military on a front line in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria, October 20, 2017, in a photo provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
December 21, 2018, 5:05 pm
US pullout strengthens Iran ‘land bridge’ to the Mediterranean
Critics say Trump has just gifted Tehran a decades-old strategic goal of a presence across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, which Israel has vowed to oppose
By Jean-Marc Mojon
United Nations vehicles carry the team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), arrive at a hotel on April 14, 2018, ahead of an investigation into whether President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against civilians, in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Bassem Mroue)
April 16, 2018, 9:36 am
Chemical inspectors launch probe in Syria after Western strikes
UN watchdog prepares for potential of evidence having been tampered with, in politically loaded investigation into alleged gas attack in Douma
By Rim Haddad and Jean-Marc Mojon
Medical workers treating toddlers following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, April. 8, 2018 (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 15, 2018, 5:20 pm
Chemical probe to begin in Syria after Western strikes
International inspectors, who declared Assad had no chemical weapons in 2014 but found he used sarin gas in 2017, head to Douma
By Rim Haddad and Jean-Marc Mojon
Syrian children clean up their shop from debris following reported regime air strikes in the rebel-held town of Kafr Batna, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
February 7, 2018, 6:54 am
78 reported killed in regime strikes on Syria rebel enclave
UN committee says recent escalation in violence ‘makes a mockery’ of truce deal
By Abdulmonam Eassa and Jean-Marc Mojon
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Mosul's al-Nuri mosque in Iraq during his supposed first public appearance, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)
July 9, 2017, 9:21 pm
Baghdadi ‘The Ghost’: World jihad’s low-profile boss
Reclusive Islamic State leader announced caliphate in Grand Mosque in June 2014 and hasn’t been seen since
By Jean-Marc Mojon
Smoke billowing from Mosul's Old City on June 18, 2017, during the ongoing offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State group. (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
June 22, 2017, 4:01 am
Islamic State blows up Mosul mosque where al-Baghdadi became ‘caliph’
‘Iraq’s Tower of Pisa’ had stood for over 840 years; PM al-Abadi says destruction of iconic site ‘an official declaration of defeat’ by retreating jihadist group
By Jean-Marc Mojon and Ali Choukeir
Iraqi forces advance towards Mosul's Old City on June 18, 2017, during the ongoing offensive to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State (IS) group. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
June 19, 2017, 1:51 pm
Iraq forces push into Mosul Old City, warn IS to ‘surrender or die’
Fears for 100,000 civilians trapped as jihadists put up fierce resistance in jihadist group’s last Iraqi stronghold
By Jean-Marc Mojon
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